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Dogs have been medicated and let out three times, and I’m on my way to the Waffle House. I will then return, let the dogs out again (because the steroids make Dolly extremely thirsty, so she needs the water bowl refilled frequently, not to mention frequent trips to the back yard).
Choir practice tonight, after ribs […]

Okay, Wegman’s does do a good cafe au lait, and at prices competing with McCafe’s latte ($2.33, I believe). But I had forgotten how truly awful the Chinese at Wegman’s is. Almost pukeworthy.
Speaking of, I may head to the McCafe here in a few minutes for one of those.

but with all the hysteria, I suspect it’s time for a re-read of Fumento’s “Fuss and Feathers” from the last flu hysteria pandemic.
Oh. Andrew Bolt agrees. He also pays more attention to our American nutjobs than I do (interesting, since he’s an Aussie). Seems Alex Jones and friends think that the swine flu is, and […]

No connection at the house, so here I am at Wegman’s, surrounded by you know, those types. Pardon me while I eat lunch.

Seems to be swine flu (oh my God, we’re all gonna die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I was going to throw up some snark about the idiots who are panting and fainting about it, but JimmyB has done an excellent job. Why mess with perfection?
We do flu hysteria about three times every two years. Yawn.

Quote of the day, from Hardy:
In the last three months of 2008, that’s right, three months, Americans bought enough guns to outfit the Chinese and Indian armies, combined.
Thanks, Uncle! And speaking of, there’s more.
Assault weapon ban talk increases guns sales
Hellacious!

I forgot the cream of broccoli soup.
Sorry.

for dinner. The rib roast is out of the oven, and the scalloped potatoes (with 8 oz of sugar cured country ham and a big vidalia onion) are in. I made the creme brulee last night (still have to sugar the tops and melt it, but I’ll do that when they get here), so all […]

From some book entitled Art and Fear.
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure […]

Yesterday, there were police cars parked all over. Where you live, that may be common, but that’s pretty unusual here.
It’s Blue/White Weekend. Literally thousands of alumni in town for the game.
We have multiple errands, none of which take us (necessarily) into town. Don’t have to brave downtown until Great Vespers tonight.

I’m not the only one (thanks to Uncle for the link).

Jonah Goldberg in 2005:
So which leftwing martyr/icon is left? Sacco & Vanzetti were guilty. The Rosenbergs: guilty. Hiss: guilty. Margaret mead: liar. Rigoberta Menchu: liar. Duranty: liar. Kinsey: liar. Upton Sinclair: liar. I.F. Stone isn’t looking too hot (lied about America often, loved totalitarians, might have taken KGB money).
Martin Luther King Jr. — small […]

The You Should Be Tasered Food Blog (great pics, even greater captions).

I’m not making this up. Don’t Own Pets That Can Eat You. So am I the only person who thinks it’s frightening that this needs to be said?

This must be one of those “alternative family” arrangements.
A suburban Philadelphia woman is accused of selling sex in a motel room while her 7-year-old son sometimes watched.
Clearly, more of that diversity that must be celebrated!

I not only did not blog here much during Lent (and not at all during Holy Week). I didn’t keep up. Having done a cursory read-through, I see that I missed a great deal.
However, the real point is that my priorities have shifted. I am more interested in faith, prayer, and worship than I am […]

I knew it was too early. Spring has disappeared. It’s 38 and drizzly here. Very nasty weather. That’s after a whole week of beautiful, sunny spring weather. The pear trees are even in bloom here.
Liturgy is over, the haircut place in Wal-Mart was empty so I got in with no wait, but what I needed […]

Lent is over. Tell that to my church. I have to be there in about 30 minutes to sing liturgy (and Vespers tonight, and every night this week). On my way back, I need to get my hair cut, and pick up something. So I should be back early afternoon.

Finish “lunch,” eat, back to help clean the church, choir practice at 5, Great Vespers at 6. The schedule:
Sat: 11-Apr
Lazarus Saturday Liturgy: 9:00 AM
Choir: 5:00 PM!
Vespers: 6:00 PM
Holy Week
Sun : 12-Apr
Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM
Bridegroom Matins of Holy Monday: 7:00 PM
Mon: 13-Apr
Presanctified Liturgy: 9:00 AM
Bridegroom Matins of Holy […]

I’m in an incredibly foul mood. A few minutes ago, the color of the wall annoyed me so much I started yelling at it. I’ll go into why, and explain the caramels, in a couple of days or so.

A Kos diarist has had it.

So I took everything that needed it. Three sportcoats, and three suits, including my navy blue chalk stripe 3-piece. Friday pickup.

For over a month, I’ve had the dry cleaners on my to do list, and for over a month, I have forgotten almost as soon as I thought, “Oh, I really have to do that.”
Well, I have to. Today.

Or dates. Finals Week here is May 4-8. If you don’t know why this is long-awaited, you don’t live in a college town.
Speaking of.
One of the things I love most is caramel. One of these days, I may post my grandmother’s recipe for Burnt Sugar Cake. And I love caramels.
I grew up eating Krafts, of […]

PeggyU wants to know the name of the killer dolphin-brained elevator movie. The name of this tour de force is The Shaft. I can’t find it on IMDB, which should tell you something.
While looking for it, I found this rather bizarre post, which starts with:
The Sci-Fi channel is my favorite channel. I don’t watch often, […]

I got to church this morning, and there wasn’t a single car in the parking lot. I looked at my watch.
It was 7:52. I was an hour early.
Time to go now.

The week before last, Sayid shot “young Ben” on the main island. Recall that “old Ben” is on the other island (Kate whacked him in the head with the oar). My theory was that “young Ben” had to die if “old Ben” was to set foot on the island to avoid a Grandfather Paradox.
We’re watching […]

Dolly is a trooper — she’s certainly dealing with this better than we are. Last night, she came into the dining room when we went to eat (she didn’t the night before). She turned a bit too far to the left in the kitchen and “ran into” the stove, but we called her in, and […]

We just saw a movie about an elevator with a dolphin brain that ate people (the elevator).
No, I’m not making this up. I couldn’t make it up if I tried. And of course, it was on the Sci-Fi Channel.
An elevator. With a dolphin brain. Seriously. What drugs are these people on?

Tim Blair points to yet another example that ecomorons are the st00pidest excuses for human beings alive.
Conservationists are in a fix over endangered condors eating large numbers of protected species of deer in a reserve in the north of China.

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada-Like Syndrome

Her immune system is attacking her pigment cells. Steroid treatment may depress her system enough for her retinas to re-attach, but it will happen again. Long-term prognosis for vision: Poor.
Sorry, I don’t feel like blogging now.

New Evidence Suggests that Cavemen Were More Compassionate Than Average Ivy League Ethics Professor. And read the article. Hat tip to Cranach.

You know how you can see the first few words in a message on Gmail, without reading the message? This is the beginning of some spam I just got:
Bonbons remain ghastly!
Mmm-kay, then.
Our puppy had what the vet diagnosed as conjunctivitis (eyes). He gave us some goop to put in them, but instead of helping, she’s […]

Dealing with a very sick dog (vet this afternoon).